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Position Overview
The Senior Environmental Health & Safety Manager, responsible for the development, coordination and management of effective company safety and environmental program in a lean environment. Develops behavior-based safety learning and training.
Areas of Focus
The senior EHS Manager demonstrates professional and community involvement and leadership both within the safety and environmental field and the community.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates the EHS programs to ensure a safe environment consistent with regulatory, environmental, and company requirements and needs
- Promotes the company mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives by formulating plans, procedures, and objectives for EHS programs and by evaluating effectiveness of the program
- Creates and maintains a work environment that encourages open communication and positive employee relations to establish a climate of openness and trust
- Seeks out opportunities for staff involvement and innovation to promote employee creativity and to generate ideas to improve functions, devise solutions, and implement plans
- Oversee, operation and maintenance of water treatment and wastewater equipment, ensuring compliance with state and federal environmental protection limits
- Manages personnel responsible for inspecting and maintaining air pollution control equipment
- Prepares reports and maintains logs for water treatment systems on meter readings, tests, chemical and equipment usage, and all other record-keeping requirements
- Build a cohesive team with the skills necessary to successfully meet the departmental/company objectives and strategies
- Delivers training information in a formal classroom setting and conducts on-the-job training on various safety and environmental programs to all required facility personnel.
- Keeps various safety and environmental records and logbooks up to date
- Works with the medical department to follow workers’ compensation cases
- Is required to assist with cost-control efforts, and participate in manufacturing improvement committees, and the like
- Interfaces with OSHA, and various environmental programs inspectors
- Study, plan and formulate new and revised safety programs, JSA’s, and rules: prepare recommendations and implement for conformance
- Responsible for effective application of safety and environmental policies and practices and to investigate and eliminate hazardous conditions and unsafe practices including non-routine work program
- Through safety and environmental training sessions, meetings, manuals, bulletins, films, etc., keep supervisory personnel apprised of hazardous conditions and practices, recommend injury prevention measures
- Conducts industrial hygiene studies that may involve exposure to dust, fumes, mists, gases, vapors, noise, heat, and cold
- Assesses new developments in the safety and environmental fields that may have application to the company's operations
- Keeps appraised of developments in federal and state safety and applicable environmental laws likely to affect the company
- Coordinates safety and industrial hygiene to obtain optimum service with insurance carriers
- Investigates serious injuries/incidents in conjunction with line and staff personnel, Human Resources and Occupational Health Nurse and ensures corrective measures are implemented.
- Assists line and staff management to understand OSHA regulations and standards, including guidance on handling OSHA compliance, inspections and citations
- Manages and maintains appropriate air, water, and waste permitting requirements
- Supervises EHS departmental staff, hourly and salaried.
- Evaluates performance, provides feedback, and completes performance reviews
- Supervises and trains light technical and hourly personnel in performing supporting tasks
- Manages the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous waste generated at the facility to comply with local, State, and Federal requirements.
- Completes regulatory required reporting in the areas of air, water, waste, hazardous material, and health and safety
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health and Safety, or related field or equivalent experience
- 8-10 years’ experience
- Working knowledge of safety regulations, OSHA, EPA, hazardous materials, and emergency preparedness
- Travel to other company locations or for training purposes.
- Proficient with Microsoft Word Excel, PowerPoint and Access
- Effective written and verbal communication skills are essential
- Required to be able to stand, sit, walk, and climb ladders to perform inspections of the facility and work in an office and manufacturing environment.
- Must be capable of wearing respiratory protection.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bilingual Spanish
- CSP and/or CIH
- First aid/CPR instructor
- Forklift instructor certified
- Successful completion of, and hold certificates in, courses such as hazmat technician and emergency responder, water treatment operation, and other safety and environmental topics
Salary- $150k-$160k base + bonus potential
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